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Three Days of Gluttony
3-day Menu Day 1 -Lunch Scotch eggs, wrapped in foil and heated by the fire during set up -Dinner Hot Dogs. buns, ketchup, mustard Baked beans Day 2 -Breakfast Mountain man breakfast with biscuits -Lunch snackage and drinks -Dinner Pot roast with taters, parsnip,...
California Fly and Camp
My wife started lobbying early: "The California boys are going camping. You should go. Everybody is asking for you. Damien is cooking." I was reluctant. I didn't want to take time off work. I hadn't gone anywhere since The Contagion started and I was uncomfortable...
Oh Magoo, You’ve Done It Again
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2020 Socially Distant Easter
April 11th, 2020. For the first time in decades, the Easter Bunny BBQ was cancelled, all because of the Damned Contagion. Amy and I decided we would celebrate the holiday between ourselves. It is important to maintain your normal routines when quarantined. With no...
A Winter Afternoon
Winter weather and the contagion have sharply curtailed opportunities to get together with friends. Mike and I took advantage of a lull between storms to enjoy a socially distanced winter hike. https://vimeo.com/506384649 ...
Good Morning
12/7/25 6:45 45F (7.2C) Damp, gray, still. An owl calls from the darkness somewhere beyond the front yard. A solitary duck quacks, trailing off to a quiet mutter. A desultory rain is falling, tap tapping the dead leaves like a metronome keeping time in...
Good Morning
12/6/25 5:30 50F (10C) It is a warm moonlit morning with a fresh Chinook Wind blowing. I can almost taste the ocean in the breeze. I hear it coming through the firs on the ridge. Arriving, it gusts through the naked oaks and swirls the heaps of leaves at...
Good Morning
12/5/25 5:30 46F (7.7C) Raining, sometimes lightly, sometimes hard, but consistently wet. It is a gray morning, barely illuminated by a full moon hidden behind the clouds. I am sipping mint tea and watching headlights pass. Are my nieghbors sitting in...
Good Morning
12/4/25 6:30 34F (1.1C) There is a faint breeze. It is cool and cloudy. The moon is full but it cannot be seen. ...
Good Morning
12/3/25 6:00 34F (1.1C) A lavender mist is swirling around my face. ...
